Sabari

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Sabari
Sabari VCD cover.jpg
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Directed by Suresh
Written bySuresh
Pattukottai Prabhakar (dialogues)
Produced by Salem Chandrasekharan
Starring Vijayakanth
Jyorthirmayi
Malavika
CinematographyY. N. Murali
Edited by G. Sasikumar
Music by Mani Sharma
Production
company
Release date
  • 17 March 2007 (2007-03-17)
Running time
167 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Sabari is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Suresh. It stars Vijayakanth as the title character with Jyothirmayi, Malavika and Pradeep Rawat in supporting roles. The film was released on 17 March 2007 to mixed reviews.

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Plot

Sabarivasan is a doctor by profession and cannot tolerate injustice by any means. Nandhini, a college student, meets Sabari and falls in love with him. Eventually they both get married. Vajravelu is a local criminal working for a minister. Vajravelu's brother-in-law Ezhumalai is arrested by the police for a brutal murder. While trying to escape on the way to court, he is shot by a policeman. Vajravelu's henchmen take Ezhumalai to Sabari and force him to operate. Sabari removes the bullet, but he beats up all the henchmen and produces Ezhumalai to the police. Ezhumalai is sentenced to death and is hanged.

Vajravelu is angry and vows revenge. Vajravelu comes out on bail and kills Sabari's father. He also kidnaps Nandhini. Sabari fights against Vajravelu and saves Nandhini. On the way back to the hospital, Sabari is stabbed by Vajravelu's wife. Vajravelu and his henchmen arrive and injure Sabari. They leave thinking Sabari is dead, but he is saved and admitted to hospital. Knowing this, Vajravelu comes in search of Sabari. Sabari fights them back and kills Vajravelu.

Cast

Production

The film was launched at AVM Studios on 29 August 2006. [1] Shooting was done at locations in India including Chennai, Pondicherry and Rameswaram, while a song sequence was filmed in Bangkok. [2]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Mani Sharma. [3]

SongSingersLyrics
"Aalayamani"Kalyani Menon Na. Muthukumar
"Aavana Aakkana" Tippu, Sujatha Mohan
"Om Ennum" Ranjith, Naveen, Rahul Nambiar
"Orumurai Sonnal"Naveen, Bhargavi
"Osama Osama" A. V. Ramanan, Ranjith, Naveen Kabilan

Critical reception

The Hindu wrote "Now having said all these you can only add that Vijayakanth could have gone in for an innovative storyline, far removed from the run-of-the-mill rut". [4] Lajjavathi of Kalki praised Vijayakanth for doing an action film without politics and also praised Suresh for racy screenplay and called Pattukottai Prabhakar's dialogues as sharp but felt if Malavika's portions, unnecessary songs were removed and some of the plots were trimmed, this Sabari would have been talked about even more. [5] Chennai Online wrote "Whether it's a lawyer, a cop or a doctor he is playing, it doesn't seem to matter much. For it's the same predictable and cliched scenario that Vijaykanth goes through. Which again doesn't speak very highly of the director's effort to present a fare that is refreshing or exciting". [6] Sify wrote "There is plenty of blood and gore, punch lines, flying kicks and songs in exotic foreign locales. But sadly director Suresh has no story to tell and stretches it for nearly three hours. All said and endured, Sabari, tests your patience". [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Kumar, P.V. Sathish (29 August 2006). "Viyakanth's 150th film 'Sabari' launched". Nowrunning. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "Sabari". Cinesouth. 30 January 2007. Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Sabari (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Songs". Raaga.com . Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "A little respite now and then - Sabari". The Hindu. 23 March 2007. Archived from the original on 2 June 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  5. ↑ லஜ்ஜாவதி (1 April 2007). "சபரி". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 10. Archived from the original on 19 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024– via Internet Archive.
  6. ↑ Mannath, Malini (27 March 2007). "Sabari". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
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